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‎05-02-2017 03:57 PM

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Product: hp8600 Printer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

When I scanned document using OCR softwear that came with printer numbers in document come out unreadable.  What am I doing wrong.  Scanned into Word 2007 program and cannot edit document.

 

Thank you

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‎05-02-2017 04:22 PM

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Try different software...

 

Free OCR software is available on the web.  Try these two as they work great.

http://www.ocrtoword.com/

http://www.free-ocr.com/

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‎05-02-2017 05:16 PM

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Thank you very much for your quick response, appreciate it.

 

I know this sounds stupid.. went to first site to download, however, as you go down the page, it shows many download options...are these all the same download?  Also if I have OCR program that came with my printer, is the download you suggest the same program I already have in my computer?

 

Thank you again.

BasketBtque

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‎05-02-2017 05:37 PM

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They are all the same program.  Give 'em a try.

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‎05-02-2017 05:38 PM

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ok...will just download one.

 

Thank you again, appreciate your help...will let you know how I make out.

 

Take care

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‎05-03-2017 09:10 AM

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Downloaded OCR for Word it scans correctly but will not allow me to edit document...want to delete some lines.  I evidently have missed a step somewhere after scanning and opening up document.  Hope someone can give me step by step instructions to follow to be able to edit document.

Thanks

BasletBtque

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‎05-03-2017 09:13 AM - edited ‎05-03-2017 09:16 AM

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You did save it to word first, then open in word and edit right?

 

I can edit just fine.  Here is the info from the web site.

 

Simple Text Edit

Free OCR to Word provides you simple text editing tools: Clear - clear text window to remove the previously converted contents; Remove - remove line breaks; Copy - copy text to clipboard and paste to other application for editing; Export - export text into MS word, and so on. The editing feature enables you to directly modify extracted text content before saving as Word document.

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‎05-06-2017 12:22 PM

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Hi Provost

 

Sorry...wasn't able to get it to work so I will just print them out and block out items on it.  I cannot understand why  it will not work but guess I am doing something wrong or missing a step.

 

Thank you again for all your help, it is appreciated.

 

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